Press Releases - Community Interest

Toledo’s newest place to purchase CD’s, LP’s, movies, and video games, Grand Opening Friday December 20, 2013 Special in-store acoustic performance with Foxy Shazam On Sunday December 29, 2013 at 4 PM If you’re a fan of ...

The City of Toledo Division of Parks, Recreation and Forestry will again provide drop off locations for Christmas tree disposal. Collections sites will be operational between December 26, 2013 and January 17, 2014 at six of the Toledo’s city ...

Citing irreconcilable differences in policing philosophy with the Mayor-elect, Toledo Police Chief Derrick Diggs this morning notified Mayor Michael P. Bell and the executive staff of the police department of his intention to retire at the end of ...

The presents are wrapped and the house is decorated, but one more tradition awaits: Christmas Eve Day at your Toledo Zoo. In appreciation for Lucas County voters’ levy support, Lucas County residents receive free Zoo admission Zoo on Tuesday, ...

Falling temps and falling snow mean it’s time to break out the mittens, scarves and heavy coats. But it’s also time for hot chocolate, sledding, snowball fights and… ice skating! The Ottawa Park Ice Rink will open for the winter ...

GERMAN-AMERICAN HOUR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ANNOUNCED Toledo’s German-American Hour radio show, a 60 year tradition on Toledo radio, announces its annual Christmas show: “Weihnachts-Special” on Sunday, December 22 from 9:00 a.m. to ...

The Teutonia Männerchor and Damenchor of the German American Family in Toledo proudly invite you to join them for their annual Ein Weihnachtsstimmung ~ German Advent Christmas Service ~ Christmas Spirit. Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 – ...

For terrific family fun, the Toledo Zoo offers hot deals all winter long. Visit the Zoo’s website, www.toledozoo.org, for more information about these and other upcoming events. Wed., Jan. 1 Zoo Closed for New Year’s Holiday All month ...

Many people across the Toledo Region are in need of a coat to keep them warm this winter. Again this year, the Toledo Walleye and Huntington Bank are asking fans to bring new or gently used coats to the Walleye games at Huntington Center on Friday, ...

Eighth grade students at Maumee Valley Country Day school are being recognized for their outstanding participation in the NANOWRIMO Challenge. November was National Novel Writing Month and the Maumee Valley students in Ms. Emily Green’s ...

Maumee Valley to Host Screening of Girl Rising The Global Leadership Program and the Upper School Feminist Club at Maumee Valley Country Day School presents a screening of Girl Rising. This feature film spotlights the remarkable stories of nine ...

Launch Pad Cooperative is pleased to present their 2nd Annual fundraiser exhibition “8x8” to be hosted as a one-night-only event, Saturday December 14th 2013 from 6-9pm. Visitors to this event will have the opportunity to purchase ...

Kick off the holiday season with Masterworks Chorale as the mixed voice ensemble presents “Mary and the Angels” at 8 p.m. Dec. 7 and 4 p.m. Dec. 8 at Epworth United Methodist Church in Toledo. The love of a mother for her child, the ...

Dec. 4—The College of Musical Arts sponsors World Percussion Night, featuring student ensembles including the Hayabusa and Kaze No Daichi Taiko groups, Balinese Gamelan and Afro-Caribbean Ensemble. The performance starts at 8 p.m. in Kobacker ...

Toledo Area Humane Society ReTail Shop Grand Opening This Weekend! Toledo, OH ????The Toledo Area Humane Society ReTail Shop is having its grand opening celebration on Saturday December 7, 2013 at 10:00AM. Celebrate our grand opening from ...

84th ANNUAL OLD NEWSBOYS GOODFELLOW ASSOCIATION PAPERSALE Scheduled for Friday, December 6, 2013 TOLEDO-Friday, December 6, more than 500 Old Newsboys Goodfellow Association volunteers will be in Toledo area Anderson’s, Westfield Franklin Park ...

Let the Navigator from Folk Tales for Fun take you on a magnificent tour of Germany, Egypt, Turkey, Liberia and more with entertaining, universal folk tales both new and familiar to children. With the help of Decipher, the play’s foreign ...

A Compassionate Toledo photo contest is being sponsored by the City of Toledo Board of Community Relations. The purpose of the Compassionate Toledo photo contest is to promote the City of Toledo as a Compassionate City. The mission is to showcase ...

Visitors to this year’s Lights Before Christmas, presented by KeyBank, have a new opportunity: a Festive Feast holiday buffet served in the Zoo’s historic Lodge, which has been lavishly transformed into a holiday lodge. Available on ...

The holiday Festival Series performance at Bowling Green State University on Dec. 6 will live up to its name, presenting a festival of music, poetry, dance, theater and more. The 7 p.m. concert in Kobacker Hall will feature soprano Kisma Jordan, a ...

When the temperature drops, don’t stay indoors, come out to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and experience the wonders of Ohio’s wildlife and their habitats this winter. Red fox tracks, muskrat huts- sometimes all you need to discover ...

Toledo Rep presents ‘A Christmas Carol’ Dec. 6-8 at the Valentine Theatre The Toledo Repertoire Theatre presents the classic, seasonal production, A Christmas Carol, live on stage December 6-8 at the Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior ...

To promote the spirit of the holiday season, a 25’ Christmas tree was erected in Levis Square in Downtown Toledo. This beautiful Blue Spruce was donated by Duke & Martha Wheeler, owners of the Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm. Aaron Tree ...

The Toledo Walleye revealed the two jerseys the team will wear at the first-ever ECHL outdoor hockey games that will be played during Toledo Walleye Winterfest presented by ProMedica in December 2014. The jerseys were unveiled on the ice at the ...

A young grey seal, estimated to be two years old, is now on exhibit at the Toledo Zoo’s Arctic Encounter®. The juvenile male arrived at the Zoo through the National Marine Fisheries Service after being caught wild off the East Coast and ...

The Arts Commission has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of its kind effort that harnesses the collective power of a unique blend of partners — charities, families, businesses, and individuals — to transform how people think about, talk ...

Hollywood Casino Toledo’s “Hollywood Cares” committee has been collecting donations of peanut butter and jelly from its Team Members over the past 2 weeks to benefit the local organization, Food for Thought. In total, Hollywood ...

The Toledo Rep is holding a fundraiser: “Scrooge’s Favorite Things” Online Raffle. Tickets may be purchased for $25 at 16 10th Street during regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Only 120 tickets will be sold from now ...

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library invites you to enjoy the sounds of the season at our FREE family-friendly Holiday Concert series scheduled on Monday, December 16 through Friday, December 20 in the Wintergarden of Main Library, 325 Michigan ...

Remember. Honor. Teach. That’s the mission of the Wreaths Across America program, and it’s why Sylvania Boy Scout Troop 2 is one of several groups participating in the organization’s annual event Saturday, Dec. 14, at Toledo ...